Books like The pigman
The pigman by Paul Zindel reads as poignant, melancholic. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
Tex
S. E. Hinton · 1979
Shares the vspare + vvoice thread
73% genome match
Hate That Cat
Sharon Creech · 2008
Shares the grief + vspare thread
69% genome match
The weir
Conor McPherson · 1998
Shares the grief + vspare thread
69% genome match
Norwegian Wood
村上春樹 · 1987
Shares the grief + vspare thread
69% genome match
The Pigman's Legacy
Paul Zindel · 1980
Shares the grief + vspare thread
69% genome match
This is our youth
Kenneth Lonergan · 1999
Shares the vspare + vvoice thread
69% genome match
Flight
Sherman Alexie · 2003
Shares the vspare + vvoice thread
69% genome match
The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger · 1951
Shares the grief + vvoice thread
69% genome match
We are okay
Nina LaCour · 2017
Shares the grief + vspare thread
71% genome match
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Jesse Andrews · 2012
Shares the grief + vvoice thread
69% genome match
Cathedral
Raymond Carver · 1983
Shares the vspare + vvoice thread
70% genome match
The Flick
Annie Baker · 2014
Shares the vspare + vvoice thread
69% genome match
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